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PATENTEDDEC. 17, 19'07. A. MERCKENS. BOX. A-Prmcnlpn FILED nu. 1a, 1907.

yNo. 874,069.-

H SATTY AuGUsT- MERcKENs or. NEW' YoRK,'N. Y;

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Spechcatoncof Letters Patent.

.fr azz whom-a may Con-cem;

Beitknown that I, AUGUST MERcKENs,

"a ,citizen of the United States, residinv' at Bath Beach, in the borouuh of Brooivn,

county of Kings, city and4 State of New York, have invented an Improvement in up relationship.

Boxes, of whichthe following is a specificac present invention relates to boxes and vparticularly to folding or knock-down boxes fa'dap` ted toicontain confections and 'other-y ar goods, the object thereof being to f-provide a box of this class so constructed that when set up the contents of the box coacts with the partsv or members thereof yto as sistjin maintalning-thesame in their set l,In ca out my invention I employ a sheet o suitable material sov shaped and cut as to be folded to form the bottom, side, end, and'top members of a box. Each end member of my improved, box is preferably composed of parts connected to or integral with the 'bottom and side members, there Yinner-members integral with the bottom members integral with 'the side members of being provided end outer members and end member of the box, and end intermediate 'the box, and a tongue cut in each of the saidV end intermediate members and adapted to vengage the said enrlinner members to -main box when set line :c a: 2;

tain thepartslof the box in their set up relationship, ymywvill lie-'hereinafter more particular-1y described.

. `In thedra' g Figure 1 is-` a plan of a blank cut to form my improved box, Fig. 2-

is a section taken transversely. through the up, and` Fig. 311sl asection on 'Referring tothe drawi I-prefer-to employ a blank of cardboar vor other similar suitable material shaped as' illustrated in .Fig Land cut -on the lines 10,11, 12, and

l j box.

i spective 13, and .adapted to be folded onthe dotted lines 16 to v24 inclusive to form my improved :a desilgnates the bottom member, b c rey are the oppositel dis' osed side members referablydntegra 'wit the' bottour-mem ra, and f is the top member integral with the'side member b and g is alap integral with the top member f, v d e respectively are end outer members, and end inner members, and these,v end cuter andinnermembers preferably con# tongues 7c l 'are cause ippl'imaonmad nimh i'a. 1907., serai No, sez,o9a

tinuations of the bottommember'a, and are integral with each other and with the said bottom member a. l

v Integral with and extending from the ends of the side member b there are end intermediate members h li, and similarly integral With and extending from the ends of the side member c there are end intermediate members 'i i Each end intermediate member h is cut on the line 14 forminor therein a tongue 7c, and each endintermediate mem-- ber i is cut on the line 15 forming therein the tongue l, and moreover each end inner member j is cut on the lines 16, 16 forming therein a tonguel m.

Now in setting u the box to be made from the hereinbefore escribed blank the side members b c are first folded on the dotted lines 16, 17- respectively to positions at right angles to the bottom member a, the end in- -termediate members h h and i i are then folded in turn on the dotted lines 20 and 21 respectively to positions at right angles to their respective side members b c so that each pair of end intermediate members h iare in a straight line, and next the end outer members d e are folded on the dotted lines 18 and 19 respectively to positions also at right angles .to the bottom member a and in which positions their inner surfaces will contact. with the outer surfaces of the said end intermediate members h i. Then the end inner members y' j, in turn, are folded on the dotted lines 22, each end inner member being' turned over xthe upper edges of the adjacent end intermediate members h i, andl down against their inner surfaces, and the tongue m in each end inner member j is then passed behind the protrudingends of the tongues Patented Dec. 17, 1907.

k l in the adjacent end intermediate mem-195 4bers h (i, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3,

in which positions the rotruding ends ofthe to bear against the outer surfaces of the tongues m. .g y

It will now be apparent that in the hereinbefore described box structure that when the box is filled the' contents thereof will press against the protruding ends of the ton es lc and l, keeping the same inplace an so maintaining the parts` of the box in their set `up relationship.

I claim as myinvention.

A'box comprising a bottom member, side members,- an end outer member and an end. inn61 ,member at each end of the box and both integral with each other and with the tain theperts of vthe box in their set'u`p 10 said bottom member, a ton ue out in each relationship. I v of the said end inner mem ers, end inter- Signedvby me this 28th day'of February medigte menbers inra Withdthe saiddsid 1907. f z

5 mem ers en exten eyon the en s o the same, and a tongu cut in each of the AUGUST MERCKENS' .said end intermediate members and each Witnesses:

adapted t@ pass through .the end inner mem WLLIAM R. PHELAN, ber and e1. -igage the tongue thereof to main- .WILLIAM K. J ERMY. 

